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it will be about the economy. there was a decrease military spending as we get prepared for this absurd sequestration idea. the state department, we cannot look at military programs that are producing weapons but we can look at people being furloughed. we can look at cutting back on security, has been a challenge we have inherited over the years and which i tried to explain to the congress. can look at the cutbacks in passports the american people deserve us to provide and on and on and on. we are 1/13 of the defense apart and budget. will we do affects americans'. it's not just programs over there. it's what we do it through those programs that make it possible for us to have jobs and travel easily. thank you for asking. this is a government wide challenge. i was giving a speech in hong kong and all these sophisticated investors and officials were lined up to say, "is the united states going to default on its credit?" i said we will never do that. are we going to have- sequestration? are we going to handicap ours
it will be about the economy. there was a decrease military spending as we get prepared for this absurd sequestration idea. the state department, we cannot look at military programs that are producing weapons but we can look at people being furloughed. we can look at cutting back on security, has been a challenge we have inherited over the years and which i tried to explain to the congress. can look at the cutbacks in passports the american people deserve us to provide and on and on and on. we...
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funds that flow into the afghan economy. we found that even though the department of defense and department of homeland security were working with the same afghan banks, need your agency was aware of the other's efforts. -- neither agency was aware of the other's efforts. we need to coordinate efforts over visibility of cash flows. as reported, ltd. interagency coordination with u.s. agencies at risk of working a cross purposes and definitely not benefiting and leveraging existing relationships. the next question i posed is particularly important for cigar, because it impacts almost as much as the agency's implementing reconstruction. and that is, whether security conditions permit and effective implementation and oversight. although the u.s. combat role is scheduled to end by december, 2014, the withdrawal of u.s. troops is well under way. u.s. and coalition forces have already pulled out of a number of locations in afghanistan, leading some of those places too dangerous for us or the implementing agencies to visit. some of
funds that flow into the afghan economy. we found that even though the department of defense and department of homeland security were working with the same afghan banks, need your agency was aware of the other's efforts. -- neither agency was aware of the other's efforts. we need to coordinate efforts over visibility of cash flows. as reported, ltd. interagency coordination with u.s. agencies at risk of working a cross purposes and definitely not benefiting and leveraging existing...
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i think the economy began to get better. i did not see him spending a lot of time talking about gay rights during the election. i did not hear him talk about gun control. i think it was mentioned once in one of the debates. i think he thought -- that his people thought that they had -- what they concentrated on -- in some ways this was not so much an election about issues as it was about identifying their voters and getting their voters through polls and recognizing that the demographic in this country where changing demographic -- were changing dramatically. the republicans did not do as well as getting people to the polls. i think the core message was the economy. >> i think this is the last question. >> this question is for martha. you seem to have gotten a lot of criticism during the vice- presidential debate for allowing joe biden to run all over you. the cost of laughing, interrupting paul ryan, particularly when he was talking and armed iraq. -- talking about an armed iran. >> i want to answer you fairly. you are as f
i think the economy began to get better. i did not see him spending a lot of time talking about gay rights during the election. i did not hear him talk about gun control. i think it was mentioned once in one of the debates. i think he thought -- that his people thought that they had -- what they concentrated on -- in some ways this was not so much an election about issues as it was about identifying their voters and getting their voters through polls and recognizing that the demographic in this...
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the economy is picking up. but there is a real health care problem that we have to deal with at some point. it will take some revenue. you cannot just do it by magically saying that it will fallout of the sky. you cannot cut enough to get the debt down without talking about revenue. i think it they did a little bit here at the end of january 3. everyone gave the office and will not give again. host: this editorial from "usa today," de say that it is not a spending problem -- but "usa today," others, saying that it is. guest: let me explain. the average cost spent on a senior citizen in medicare is flat. it went up 0.4% last year. it is flat spending. the fact is that beginning in 2011, all the children born after the second world war, the so-called baby boomers, are coming on. when i came to congress in 1989 there were 35 million seniors on medicare. 30 million people altogether. -- 40 million people altogether. on to medicare. we simply have got to deal with the fact that the population is going to need more s
the economy is picking up. but there is a real health care problem that we have to deal with at some point. it will take some revenue. you cannot just do it by magically saying that it will fallout of the sky. you cannot cut enough to get the debt down without talking about revenue. i think it they did a little bit here at the end of january 3. everyone gave the office and will not give again. host: this editorial from "usa today," de say that it is not a spending problem -- but...
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our economy requires a solution. families across america are praying for a solution. that is the truth. >> thank you. since we came to the senate, 16 years ago, i have been working on the immigration issue. i have never felt more positive about the prospects of immigration reform than i do today. some significant things have occurred right here in this room this week. a bipartisan group of senators, my colleague, senator mccain, as well as two others in support, they have all step forward with a set of principles we think will guide us to fixing this broken immigration system and america. you are not privy to what is going on in " -- behind closed doors. i have been heartened. we tackled several of the toughest issues in this bill, issues broken down negotiations in the fast. -- in the past. we are all looking for solutions, realistic and honest and fair solutions. that is the only way we can pass reform. i am glad to hear the president speak out as forcefully as he did about immigration reform. he was a co-sponsor of the dream that when he was here in the senate. he
our economy requires a solution. families across america are praying for a solution. that is the truth. >> thank you. since we came to the senate, 16 years ago, i have been working on the immigration issue. i have never felt more positive about the prospects of immigration reform than i do today. some significant things have occurred right here in this room this week. a bipartisan group of senators, my colleague, senator mccain, as well as two others in support, they have all step forward...
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our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. on thursday the presidentsban disbanded his jobs council after a grand total of four meetingsyr in two years. as americans got to work on friday, they learned their economy still isn't creating enough jobs. the unemployment rate actually went up. now government spending does cause growth, as the president believes, we shouldn't be having these problems. then may be, it wouldn't be so disappointing that his budget is late. well, we are having trouble and a large part spending is the problem. it's what's chasing jobs overseas and causing muchture anxiety about our future. one example of something the president's budget could have addressed is his sequester. sequester as washington speak is automatic spending cuts. the president first proposed this sequester in 2011 and insisted that it be part of the debt limit agreement. now twice the house has passed legislation to replace the president's sequester with common sense reform that's will reduce spending and preserve and strengthen our sa
our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. on thursday the presidentsban disbanded his jobs council after a grand total of four meetingsyr in two years. as americans got to work on friday, they learned their economy still isn't creating enough jobs. the unemployment rate actually went up. now government spending does cause growth, as the president believes, we shouldn't be having these problems. then may be, it wouldn't be so disappointing that his budget is late. well, we...
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you don't think that's going to impact on our economy? you don't think that's going to impact on jobs? you don't think that's going to impact on our ability to recover from the recession? we're going to cut back on army training and maintenance, putting about 2/3 of our active brigade combat teams outside afghanistan at a reduced readiness level. we got to cut back on their training. we're going to have to cut back on the ability to support the troops who are not in the war zone. so what happens is we put more stress on those who are in the war zone. we're going to have to shrink our global naval operations. with a reduction of as much as 1/3 in our western pacific naval operations. this whole idea about trying to rebalance will be impacted. we'll cut the air force flying hours and weapons systems maintenance, putting flying units below acceptable readiness standards by the end of the fiscal year. this is not a game. this is reality. these steps would seriously damage a fragile american economy and they would degrade our ability to respon
you don't think that's going to impact on our economy? you don't think that's going to impact on jobs? you don't think that's going to impact on our ability to recover from the recession? we're going to cut back on army training and maintenance, putting about 2/3 of our active brigade combat teams outside afghanistan at a reduced readiness level. we got to cut back on their training. we're going to have to cut back on the ability to support the troops who are not in the war zone. so what...
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leadership in nanoelectronics will impact many aspects of our economy. health care, energy, transportation, safety, security and many more. china and korea understand that the country that leads in nanoelectronics will reap the economic benefits the way the u.s. has dominated the last 50 years with the microelectronics. fourth point, i think there are four areas that changes in policies need to be focused to change the outcome. first is federal funding and basic research. even in tough economic times, we must protect the investments in the future. second, is we must make a priority for world class stem education, that's k-12 in the u.s. this needs to be a national imperative implemented on a local basis. three, high-school immigration reform. i appreciate the leadership that, mr. chairman, you have shown, ms. lofgren, on the issues and we look forward to hopefully a resolution. and fourth is comprehensive tax reform for u.s. companies to be able to compete globally. the world has changed considerably since 1986, the last time taxes were considerably refo
leadership in nanoelectronics will impact many aspects of our economy. health care, energy, transportation, safety, security and many more. china and korea understand that the country that leads in nanoelectronics will reap the economic benefits the way the u.s. has dominated the last 50 years with the microelectronics. fourth point, i think there are four areas that changes in policies need to be focused to change the outcome. first is federal funding and basic research. even in tough economic...